This is a review of my experience of Tony Robbins‘ Unleash the Power Within event.
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I attended Unleash the Power Within (UPW for short) at the Excel Centre in London, in April 2018.
Before going to UPW, I was uncertain about my future and I felt stuck. It was like I was in the passenger’s seat of my life, just going with the flow. UPW was the kick up the butt that I needed to get back into the driver’s seat and start taking control of my life again! I wish I had attended sooner!
Within months of attending the four-day event, there were transformations in all areas of my life:
So… What is Unleash the Power Within?
UPW is the brainchild of ‘the world’s number one life and business strategist’ Tony Robbins’. It has become the biggest personal development event in the world!Its main aim is to help you to unlock the potential already within you, to have the best life possible! UPW empowers you with the strategies and tools you can use to transform all areas of your life including your finances, relationships, career, and health.
UPW has improved the lives of numerous celebrities, athletes and average people, like me!
Check out this Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within video
Are you ready to unleash your true potential? Click here for UPW 2020 tickets.
UPW is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. It’s like being at a concert, church and counselling, all at the same time! (lol). I’m quite reserved but it was hard not to get immersed in the experience; partly because 1)it’s intense, as it consists of 4 days, up to 12 hours long and 2) I decided to fully commit by going all out and making the most of it!
Pre-event day: Registration
I completed my registration for UPW at the venue the day before the event. I handed in my printed e-ticket, and in return, I was given an event workbook and a ‘Gold’ wristband was securely tightened to my wrist.
Day 1: Fear into power – The Firewalk experience
Day 1 was about turning your fear into the most powerful driving forces towards success, and… the firewalk experience!
My first of a few emotional moments occurred during a gratitude exercise conducted by Tony. While placing our hand on our hearts, he asked us to access memories of when our heart had guided us to make the right decision. As I got thinking I was hit with a massive sense of gratitude and emotion.
Graditute exercise: Check out this touching video of Oprah doing the same exercise
A lot of us don’t go after our goals and dreams because of fear… Fear of failure, fear of success. Therefore, a portion of this day was spent addressing how to turn that fear into action.
There was no better way of testing this fear into action thing then by walking across a bed of 2000 degrees of hot coals (after a massive gear up from Tony). If you can risk burning the soles of your feet with coals and come out unharmed, you can do anything! It all starts in the mind!
The Firewalk: Check out this video of Oprah’s firewalk experience
Day 2: Turn dreams into reality- The power of success conditioning
Day 2 is led by Joseph McClendon III, who among his many titles, is a Peak Performance Coach. Joseph is very straight-talking, no BS! He is also very entertaining!
It took a few minutes to adjust to Tony’s absence. However, he had informed us that he needs to rest his voice due to the excessive talking he has done for many years damaging his vocal cords.
Joseph was “preparing” us for tomorrow’s transformation day. One subject was about clarity; getting crystal clear about what you want, why you want it and how you are going to get it. Joseph taught us different strategies that we can use to create and build momentum to facilitate change. Other subjects covered were, how to recondition our limiting beliefs, how to build rapport and the power of having a team.
Another emotional moment occurred during a visualising exercise lead by Joseph. In brief, the exercise got us to think about our future selves and what we want to achieve. One of the things I thought about was my future children and the ideal life I want to provide for them. It was very powerful! Thanks, Joseph!
Day 3: Breakthrough to your new life- Transformation Day
Up until this day, I had exposed my fears, got clear about what I wanted and why, and even made a loose plan of how I was going to get there.
The only thing that could stop me now from fulfilling my potential, was me! Particularly those inner negative voices that stemmed from my limiting beliefs.
This day was led by Tony and one of the topics he covered was how to get rid of these limiting beliefs. He taught us a very interesting and funny strategy on how to replace them with empowering ones. I won’t spoil it for those who are planning to go to UPW in the future, but it involved your index finger and nostril (lol).
One of my limiting beliefs were: ‘I don’t know how to make money outside of a job.’
I replaced this belief with: ‘I know unlimited ways to make money’ and ‘I make money while I sleep.’
When you can control your mind and thoughts, you can be unstoppable!
What is one of your limiting beliefs and how can you change it to an empowering one?
In the evening, the rapper, Pitbull came on stage. He gave an inspiring speech about the many adversities he overcame before he was successful. The night ended with a small Pitbull concert.
Day 4: The Power of pure energy- 12 Master principles of a vital life
Tony believes that energy is the most important factor in creating an outstanding life, as “a peak energy state equals a peak performance”.
Being in a peak state was something that we were encouraged to embody throughout the event, by dancing, shouting, high-fiving others and generally being highly enthusiastic.
Therefore the focus of day 4 was about how to maintain that energy and live a healthy life going forward, using ‘the 12 master principles’. We explored pretty much everything health-related, from the importance of water, eating healthy and exercising. To the ‘poisons’ we could benefit from reducing or eliminating.
This day featured loads of guest appearances from health and body experts. Some of the guest speakers were…
The day ended with Joseph giving us a 10-day challenge implementing what we had learned throughout the day.
Day 5: The bonus day
There was a free 1-day program designed to help the participants from UPW to review what they had learned and to keep the momentum going. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend, I was too busy putting my plans into action!
Video: My Unleash the Power Within recap
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